Meet NAMOR partners: WE&B
What is your organisation’s role in the NAMOR project?
WE&B’s role in the NAMOR project is to lead WP6, which focuses on promoting the active participation & engagement of different stakeholders throughout the life cycle of the project implementation to ensure performance and sustainability. In this role, WE&B is responsible for ensuring open innovation structures with communities, policy makers, and industry, and supporting the social acceptance and co-creation of the MPBR system. WP6 also includes developing sustainable business models, promoting public-private partnerships, and analysing market and regulatory conditions in the EU, India, and the Republic of Korea to facilitate implementation and policy recommendations.
What do you expect to be the key benefits that the NAMOR project will deliver?/OR According to you, what value does NAMOR bring to water management in Europe?
NAMOR will contribute to more sustainable and resilient water management in Europe by delivering an innovative, low-energy and adaptable treatment system that supports water reuse, resource recovery, and the transition towards decentralised and circular water solutions.
In addition, we would like to highlight that, (in particular) through the activities developed in WP6, the project will not only ensure the technical success, but also help create the social, regulatory, and market conditions needed for real impact and long-term adoption, supporting a broader transformation of water management practices across Europe.
How have the first months of the NAMOR project been so far?
The first months of NAMOR have been very active and technically focused for us at LUT. As WP2 leader, our focus has been on coordinating the preparatory groundwork for all three demonstration plants. A significant part of the work has involved analyzing long-term wastewater characterization datasets from each demo site and using this information to support site selection and system design. As WP2 leader, we organize the monthly WP2 partner meetings to track progress, coordinate partners’ activities, and keep the work package aligned with the project timeline and expected outcomes.
The collaboration within the consortium has been very smooth, and there is a strong shared commitment to delivering not only technically sound systems but also solutions that are environmentally and economically viable. Overall, the first phase has been intensive but very constructive.
